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Committee advances bill to let adult adoptees access original birth certificates; authors accept amendments
Summary
SB 381 would allow adopted adults to obtain their original birth certificates and attach a nonbinding contact preference form for birth parents; committee voted to send the bill to the Senate Health Committee after extensive public testimony from adoptees and birth parents.
Senate Judiciary advanced SB 381 to the Senate Health Committee after proponents — including dozens of adopted adults and birth parents — described the bill as a narrow remedy to restore adoptees’ access to their own original birth certificates (OBCs).
Senator Wahab said SB 381 is narrowly tailored to allow an adopted person or descendant to…
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